China has warned Bangladesh against joining the US-led Quad alliance. According to China, Dhaka’s participation in the anti-Beijing “club” would result in “substantial damage” to bilateral relations.
Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021
Quad is a “small group of elites” working against China. Initiated in 2007, the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, Quad for short, is an informal grouping of the US, India, Australia and Japan.
The Quad member countries have resolved to uphold a rules-based international order in the Indo-Pacific amid growing Chinese assertiveness in the strategically vital region.
The first summit of the Quad leaders was hosted by US President Joe Biden on March 12 and the virtual meeting was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
